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Executive Session (starts at 5:00 PM)
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Heritage Commission – Interim Member
Preliminary Open Meeting
(Whenever Executive Session, which starts at 5:00 PM, ends)
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Appointment of Heritage Commission Interim Member
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Reappointments of members to the Plano Health Facilities Development Corporation and Plano Improvement Corporation
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Consideration of 2022 Council Meeting Dates
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Plano Housing Authority Report (rescheduled due to miscommunication)
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North Texas Municipal Water District Operations Overview
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Discussion and direction re: American Rescue Plan/Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
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Backyard Hen Update
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Legislative Update
Regular Meeting (starts at 7:00 PM)
Note: the Consent Agenda is at the bottom of this post.
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Special Recognition: Plano West High School Wrestling State Champions
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Proclamation: July is National Parks and Recreation Month
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Certificate of Appreciation: Tyler Moore – Heritage Commission
Comments of Public Interest: every meeting, anyone can speak about anything for up to three minutes, with 30 total minutes allotted for this segment.
Items for Individual Consideration
NOTE: notable items from the Consent Agenda are at the bottom of this post.
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Item (1): Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Collin Creek East Public Improvement District (PID)
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Item (2): Service and Assessment Plan and Assessment Roll for the Collin Creek West Public Improvement District (still PID)
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Item (3): [Requested to Withdraw] Appeal of the Planning & Zoning Commission’s Denial to rezone the site of the old Fry’s at the corner of Plano Parkway and Executive Drive
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Item (4): [Requested to Table until July 26th meeting] Amend the Planned Development at the northeast corner of 15th Street and Greenway Drive to allow restaurant/cafeteria as a permitted use
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Item (5): Rezone 1.5 acres at the northwest corner of Turtle Creek Drive and Old Westbury Lane from a Single Family Planned Development to Patio Home Planned Development
Notable Consent Agenda Items
(Total of $4,957,405 of your money in proposed expenses) Normally I only include notable items, but there are a ton of notable items this meeting.
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Item (b): $229,364 for cameras at 20 water & sewer facilities in Plano
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Item (c): $1,711,202 for the Willow Creek Park Renovation. The park was built before I was born, and has had one update, 24 years ago. I, on the other hand, have never been updated, but I’ve got some wicked mods
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Item (e): $118,496 for new furniture for the High Point North Maintenance Facility
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Item (g): an additional $205,267 for water line surveys and design, on top of $495,694 (for a total of $700,961) for Parker Road Reconstruction – Custer Road to Roundrock Trail
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Item (h): an additional $1,500,000 on top of $6,373,251 (for a total of $7,873,251) for repair of Coit Road – Parker Road to SH 121. Additional repairs along Coit have been identified, and repairs will also extend south of Parker Road to allow for a future overlay project
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Item (i): $281,477 for 16 LUCAS Chest Compression Devices (CPR machines) for Plano Fire-Rescue
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Item (j): $697,432 for 15 LIFEPAK Cardiac Monitors, presumably to determine whether the 16 LUCAS Chest Compression Devices above are doing the trick
